Leisure Suit Larry 1 - Land of the Lounge Lizards

by: Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Publication date: 1987

Official Site
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Developed by
Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Also For
Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Macintosh, TRS-80 CoCo
Published by
Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Released
Jun 04, 1987

Gameplay
Graphic Adventure, Puzzle elements
Perspective
Side view
Narrative
Adult, Comedy, Romance
Genre
Adventure
Interface
Point and Select, Text Parser
Visual
Fixed / Flip-screen

Description

Larry Laffer is a short, tacky, balding, forty-year-old man who has been living with his mother until recently. He used to be in the software business, but decided to leave everything behind as he moved to the city of Lost Wages in pursuit of sexual fulfillment. Clad in a white polyester leisure suit, Larry finds himself outside of Lefty's Bar, determined to finally lose his virginity - or commit suicide if he is unable to achieve that goal before dawn.

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first game in Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series, largely inspired by the text adventure Softporn Adventure, though with a greatly enhanced script containing more humorous descriptions and dialogue. The gameplay is similar to other third-person Sierra adventures: a text parser is used to input commands for interaction with a graphical environment. Progress is achieved by collecting various items and figuring out which of those may be essential for conquering the hearts of the several female characters appearing in the game.

The game allows the player to access most of its locations (a bar, a casino, a convenience store, etc.) from the very beginning, with only a few key ones being barred due to the lack of a crucial item. Moving between some of the locations can only be done by cab. Paying for those trips, as well as procuring some of the items, requires the player to manage Larry's finance by gambling at the casino. Typical of Sierra games, progress is tracked through a set amount of points, awarded for advancement or minor actions. There are several ways to die in the game, most presented in a humorous fashion. The game contains adult situations and semi-implicit depictions of sex.

From Mobygames.com. Original Entry

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Addeddate: 2014-12-24 03:40:30

Emulator: dosbox

Emulator_ext: zip

Emulator_start: LSL1/_LSL1.BAT

Identifier: msdos_Leisure_Suit_Larry_1_-_Land_of_the_Lounge_Lizards_1987

Mobygames: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/leisure-suit-larry-in-the-land-of-the-lounge-lizards

Mobygames_also_for: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Macintosh, TRS-80 CoCo

Mobygames_developed_by: Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Mobygames_gameplay: Graphic Adventure, Puzzle elements

Mobygames_genre: Adventure

Mobygames_interface: Point and Select, Text Parser

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Reviewer: Arkid - - August 4, 2017
Subject: How to save!

Since this is a command line game, such action can be done using the command also:

simply: save
- the system will then prompt for a directory, just hit enter as it will use the default one.
- Name your save file, and hit enter.

Now: when you die, or lose money during gambling:
Simply enter: restore
- look up the right save file and hit enter. Easy does it.

Had fun playing it again...I can't remember playing it till the end when I was younger.

Reviewer: CassieWijle - - March 5, 2017
Subject: Fantastic! But... how to save!!!

Love to play this game again, but if you can't save you can't play...
You need to be able to save when gambling, how can this be done??

Reviewer: 3's-a-Kraut - - February 14, 2015
Subject: sorry just a comment

my first Computer game ever. I don't how I managed
to Play it without speaking the English language properly at that time, but I finished it. I highly recommend the VGA-Version from 1991 with a mouse-ridden Interface though.

Reviewer: MammyFace - - February 10, 2015
Subject: A Classic

...but is the game dying at the slot machine for anyone else? It's "rebooted" four times now at that point for me.

Reviewer: basti255 - - January 20, 2015
Subject: A legend

One of the best adventure games I ever played. And yeah, I felt really dirty while playing it. This is my favorite Leisure Suit Larry game (second best is Love For Sail) and I love it.
The whole series is awesome. If you're not familiar with other Larry games, check out this Larry fansite:

http://leisuresuitlarry.weebly.com/

Reviewer: Robbo4473 - - January 11, 2015
Subject: Don't let your parents find out!

This was the closest a 13 year-old computer kid could get to getting 'digitally laid.'

I remember being panicked that my parents were going to walk into the room whilst playing my pirated copy of this little doozy.

Beyond the goofy gags and slightly sexual cheap thrills this was actually a fun game to play.

Reviewer: micronerd01 - - January 11, 2015
Subject: For those of you looking for the save...

Hit esc and the menu will come up. You should be able to save.

Reviewer: Taarna666 - - January 9, 2015
Subject: Revitalized game now available

From a bunch of people on Kickstarter... got fully funded.

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Leisure_Suit_Larry_1_-_Land_of_the_Lounge_Lizards_1987

Reviewer: JohnnyLurg - - January 8, 2015
Subject: Get ScummVM

This game works perfectly with the ScummVM emulator unlike here.

Reviewer: enigmity - - January 8, 2015
Subject: Adore this game, but unplayable

Larry can die. Without being able to save your progress, this game is unplayable.

Used to crack into this game as a kid when my parents left the house. Been waiting for the day I could play it again. So sad!!

Reviewer: MarcellaShandor - - January 8, 2015
Subject: So cool but does anyone know how to save?

I remember from when I was a kid and played this F5 was save and F7 was restore but I don't know how to input any drive. The ":" key wont show up and I am lost. Been a very long time since DOS!

Reviewer: macperry - - January 7, 2015
Subject: Age Verification Questions

Works for non-american over-18 yr old ppl:

Ctrl+Alt+X

(worked on the original game, and still does ...) ;)

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